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Project Officer

Job reference number: MP051

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Leicester Council of Faiths

Salary

£12 per hour

Location

LE5 5HH

Job Overview

• Support the Leicester Council of Faiths Manager to plan, develop, promote, and deliver a social media project and engagement events with young people from East Leicester’s faith communities.
• Produce social media content about the Connecting Communities in East Leicester project and upload onto social media platforms, as directed by the Leicester Council of Faiths Manager.
• Assist the collection of performance data for the project and production of evaluation reports for the Community Fund.
• Maintain confidentiality and observance of Data Protection and Safeguarding legislation and guidance.

Skills and Qualifications required

Essential Requirements

  • Must be aged between 18-30 years
  • Must live in East Leicester in one of the following areas: Belgrave, Latimer, Spinney Hills, Highfields, North Evington, Crown Hills
  • GSCSE Grade 4 or above in English
  • Excellent verbal communication skills
  • Awareness of East Leicester’s faith and cultural communities
  • An interest in community engagement activities and programmes
  • Commitment to bring together communities and foster community cohesion
  • Able to work effectively with minimal supervision
  • Experience using and creating content for social media platforms and apps e.g. TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X
  • Good standard of written English
  • Numerate and good attention to detail
  • Able to work evenings, weekends as required, to support the Leicester Council of Faiths Manager to deliver engagement events with young people from East Leicester
  • Experience of using Microsoft packages (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)


Desirable Requirements

• Able to drive with access to car/vehicle.
• Able to communicate in or speak a community language i.e., Gujarati Punjabi, Hindi, etc.
• Experience of producing written copy and content for newsletters and social media.

Hours per week

18 hours per week. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 9.00am- 3.30 pm, (with ½ hour unpaid lunchbreak). There may be occasions when hours/days of work will fall outside those noted above. This will be in negotiation with the postholder and time off in lieu will be granted. 9 month fixed-term contract.

Closing Date

09/09/2024

Website

Apply for the job by visiting https://www.leicesteremploymenthub.co.uk/job-seekers/new-job-seeker-registration/